In a frigid apocalypse, she fed her boyfriend until he became a zombie king.

Wenren Lei noticed his gaze and turned to look at him.

0001 gave him a warm smile, but his eyes were slightly narrowed as he looked between the two of them, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

"What is he looking at?" Wenren Lei asked.

"It's okay, single people are just envious."

Wenren Lei nodded: "That makes sense."

Fu Yan kept a wary eye on 0001 out of the corner of his eye; the head instructor was standing not far from 0001.

Fu Yan was somewhat worried that if 0001 became aware of the paralysis ability, he would communicate with the instructor.

0001 watched for a while, whistled off-key, and slowly turned and walked away.

Fu Yan's expression remained grim as he pondered whether he should find a suitable opportunity to eliminate the hidden danger that was 0001.

At night, after the lights-out whistle blew, all the trainees gradually fell asleep.

Wenren Lei lay on his back on the bed, quietly waiting for Fu Yan to come to him.

In the darkness, 0001 suddenly spoke: "Can't sleep?"

Wenren Lei kept his eyes closed and didn't respond. Fu Yan had repeatedly warned him to be wary of 0001, so not speaking was the best course of action now.

0001 sighed softly, "So sleepy."

"1000, are you also here looking for someone?"

Wenrenlei turned over, facing the wall, and quietly opened her eyes to listen carefully to what 0001 was saying.

Even if someone is calling, they're still looking for someone.

0001 continued talking to himself: "It seems like I have some unfamiliar memories."

"Tell me, what is the purpose of our visit to this manor?"

"It's been so long, and I still haven't awakened my special abilities. Perhaps I should leave this place."

"But how do I leave?"

"1000, do you know who I'm looking for?"

After a while, 0001 chuckled self-deprecatingly: "I can't remember, my memory is a mess. Goodnight."

After waiting for a long time, 0001 still didn't say anything.

Just then, there was a knock on the window, and Wenren Lei immediately jumped out of bed and rushed to the window.

"Shh-"

Wenren Lei put her index finger to her lips and whispered to Fu Yan outside the window, "0001 isn't asleep yet."

Fu Yan reached out his hand to him: "Don't be afraid, he won't wake up."

Wenren Lei, holding Fu Yan's hand, tiptoed out and landed in Fu Yan's arms: "I don't know where you get your confidence from."

"Trust me." Fu Yan held him tightly and headed towards the birch forest at the deepest part of the manor.

"Didn't you always avoid these trees before?" Wenren Lei asked.

To save an hour of blocking time, Fu Yan temporarily did not enable blocking for Wenren Lei.

Fu Yan took out a tablet and handed it to Wenren Lei: "Look at this first."

The instructors would disappear after evening training, and the trainees had to rush to the banquet hall for dinner. Given the time, the two of them simply didn't have time to follow the instructors.

After sending Wenren Lei back to her dormitory last night, Fu Yan went out of the manor to find A1-V and asked it for two miniature reconnaissance drones to bring in.

The footage Wenren Lei is watching was taken by a reconnaissance plane.

The dim light from the tablet screen reflected on Wenren Lei's face as he stared intently.

In the video, after all the trainees had entered the banquet hall...

The instructors emerged from the office building one after another, lined up, and entered the birch forest with stiff, unbending steps.

The birch forest seemed to have some kind of barrier, preventing the reconnaissance plane from entering, and the footage cut off there.

The birch trees were planted densely, and Wenrenlei, looking at the eye-shaped patterns on the tree trunks, felt a pang of trypophobia: "What are they doing in the birch forest?"

Fu Yan said, "Let's go take a look."

Wenren Lei asked worriedly, "What if we're discovered? Didn't you tell me these birch trees were there to monitor us?"

"I have a way."

Fu Yan replicated the mysterious Corpse King's ability to control plants. If he needed to enter the forest, he could simply close the eyes of a few birch trees in a small area, so the Corpse King wouldn't notice.

Wenren Lei looked at the dark mass of trees on the screen and felt a chill run down her spine. She turned off the tablet and buried her face in Fu Yan's arms.

Seeing this, Fu Yan used his fire elemental ability to heat his own body to warm Wenren Lei.

A cold wind blew by, and the sound of leaves rustling against each other grew clearer and clearer.

"We've arrived." Fu Yan landed on the top of a gray-roofed building.

Just then, a series of orderly footsteps sounded.

The two looked down and saw a group of instructors slowly walking towards the birch forest under the cover of night.

"Why are there still some?" Wenren Lei asked in a low voice.

Fu Yan said, "These few stayed in the banquet hall to help the head instructor maintain order. They must have just returned from sending back the students who were being punished."

Wenren Lei glanced at the direction they came from.

Eight instructors advanced in the dark, their formation so perfect they looked like one person.

"I feel a bit unwell."

Fu Yan ruffled his hair: "Brother Yan, hug me."

Wenren Lei snuggled closer to Fu Yan and quietly gazed down.

The group continued walking until they reached the edge of the birch forest, where they split up and each stood in front of a tree.

Wenren Lei was still wondering what they wanted to do when she saw them open their arms and hug the tree trunk in front of them tightly.

This scene made Wenrenlei laugh for no apparent reason.

"You're sick... huh??"

The instructors, right before their eyes, melted away like cream, slowly dissolving into the tree trunk.

"what?"

It's too bizarre, too strange for the human world.

"This works?!" Wenren Lei was dumbfounded. He exclaimed softly, "No wonder they didn't seem human; they were tree spirits!!"

Fu Yan applied the shielding ability to Wenren Lei.

Once Wenren Lei regained her memory, she immediately grabbed Fu Yan's arm and said, "No need to go into the woods. While the snow is still light, let's follow their footprints and see if we can find the missing student."

"it is good."

Fu Yan immediately set off with Wenren Lei in his arms.

Only then did Wenren Lei begin to carefully consider what 0001 had just said.

It sounds like 0001 has regained some of his past memories because Fu Yan used his paralysis ability on him every night. He originally came to the manor to find someone.

But 0001 was clearly among the first batch of trainees, and there aren't many living people here. Who is 0001 looking for?

Wenren Lei couldn't help but yawn: "So sleepy."

Fu Yan said, "Take a nap, I'll wake you when we get there."

Wenren Lei nestled into his arms and nodded gently, feeling really sleepy.

He suddenly opened his eyes slightly. Just now, 0001 had also said he was sleepy.

Under the influence of mind control, 0001 should have fallen asleep immediately after the lights were turned off. How could he have time to complain about such trivial things?

Wenren Lei suddenly remembered that on the first morning after entering the manor, 0001 seemed to have muttered something.

What was that sentence...?

I can't quite remember Wenren Lei.

"Lei Lei, have you ever thought about this?" Fu Yan asked.

"Huh?" Wenren Lei snapped out of her daze and asked, "What?"

Fu Yan slowly said, "There are more than 600 students in the manor, and each of them drinks a glass of red wine every night. Even if the blood added to it is diluted, it will still consume a lot of blood every month."

Upon closer examination, this is an extremely astonishing number.

Wenren Lei subconsciously gripped Fu Yan's arm tightly: "You mean...?"

Fu Yan lowered his eyes to look at him: "That's what I mean, just to give you a little mental preparation."